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How to Write the Name for CuO

Learning to name chemical compounds requires that you:

  • Determine the type of compound you are working with.
  • Apply the rules for naming that type of compound.
  • Practice until it becomes second nature.
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For CuO use the hints and resources below to help write the name.

Hint for Naming CuO

For CuO we have a transition metal and a non-metal. This is a binary ionic compound.
  • Name the metal as it appears on the Periodic Table.
  • Name the non-metal (Oxygen) by replacing the ygen with ide.
  • Cu is a transition metal so we can't find the charge on the Periodic Table. But ... O has an ionic charge of -2. Since there is only one Cu atom it must have a charge of +2. We show that by putting a (II) after the name for Cu.

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